Question

Tony used a photocopier to dilate the design for a monorail track system. The figure below shows the design and its photocopy:The ratio of CD:GH is 2:3. What is the length, in meters, of side EH on the photocopied image?

Answer 1

Solution

The length of EH is;

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{3}=\frac{8}{EH} \\ \\ \Rightarrow EH=\frac{3}{2}\times8=12 \\ \\ \Rightarrow EH=12 \end{gathered}$